Immigration agents union opposes 'Gang of Eight' reform bill

View full sizeFILE - In a April 22, 2010 file photo, Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols along the international border after sunset in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

The National Citizenship and Immigration Services
Council, a union which represents agents who issue and handle immigration
documents, has come out against the proposed immigration reform bill in committee now in the Senate, according to a story at NBC News.

The NCIS Council is joining with the National Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Council in opposing the bill that would, in part, allow undocumented immigrants to apply for a Registered Provisional Immigrant status.

NCIS Council President Kenneth Palinkas said in
announcing the group’s opposition to the bill, “The culture at USCIS (US Citizenship and
Immigration Services) encourages all applications to be approved,
discouraging proper investigation into red flags and discouraging the
denial of any applications.”

According to Politico, the two unions represent 20,000 Department of
Homeland Security employees
who work with immigration law.